Ngonidzashe Makusha

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Ngonidzashe Makusha

nation ZimbabweZimbabwe Zimbabwe
birthday 11th March 1987 (age 33)
size 168 cm
Weight 70 kg
Career
discipline Long jump , sprint
Best performance 8.40 m Sport records icon NR.svg
Trainer Werner Prinsloo
status not active
Medal table
World championships 0 × gold 0 × silver 1 × bronze
Africa Games 0 × gold 0 × silver 1 × bronze
IAAF logo World championships
bronze Daegu 2011 8.29 m
Africa Games logo Africa Games
bronze Algiers 2007 4 × 100 m
last change: March 11, 2020

Ngonidzashe "Ngoni" Makusha (born March 11, 1987 ) is a Zimbabwean athlete who mainly competes in the long jump and 100 meter run .

Athletic career

Ngonidzashe Makusha gained his first international experience at the Junior World Championships in Beijing in 2006 , where he was eliminated in the 100-meter run with 10.84 seconds in the semifinals and did not start in the 200-meter run . He also took twelfth place in the long jump with 7.33 m. The following year he won the bronze medal in the 4 x 100 meter relay at the Africa Games in Algiers together with Gabriel Mvumvure , Brian Dzingai and Lewis Banda in 39.16 seconds . Furthermore, he got over 100 meters to the semifinals, in which he was eliminated with 10.56 s. In the long jump he made it to the final, but did not compete there and in the triple jump he did not make a valid attempt. The following season he went to Florida State University in Tallahassee , where he began studying economics. He won the NCAA championships in the long jump and set a national record with his width of 8.30 m. So he qualified for the Olympic Games in Beijing, where he narrowly missed winning a medal. He took the lead in the first round of the final with 8.19 m. In the fourth round, the Panamanian Irving Saladino (8.34 m) and the South African Godfrey Khotso Mokoena (8.24 m) initially pushed him to third place. In the sixth and final round, Cuban Ibrahim Camejo passed him by one centimeter with 8.20 m and Makusha finally came in fourth.

In 2009 Makusha successfully defended his NCAA title. After missing the following season due to injury, he was back in good shape in early 2011. First he won the long jump competition at the NCAA Indoor Championships in Blacksburg in February with 8.15 m. In April he managed to jump to 8.40 m, which, however, was not on the best list due to a strong tailwind. A little later, he increased his personal best in the 100-meter run to 9.97 s, setting the Zimbabwean record. He also found entry into the small group of athletes who were able to break both the 8-meter limit in the long jump and the 10-second limit over 100 meters. At the NCAA championships he won in both disciplines and achieved personal bests with 9.89 s and 8.40 m. He was only the fourth athlete in the history of these championships after DeHart Hubbard , Jesse Owens and Carl Lewis to achieve such a double victory. At the World Championships in Daegu , South Korea , Makusha won the bronze medal in the long jump with 8.29 m behind the American Dwight Phillips and the Australian Mitchell Watt . In addition, he reached the semifinals in the sprint, in which he was eliminated with 10.27 s. In 2014 he took part in the long jump at the World Indoor Championships in Sopot , but was eliminated from the qualification with 7.85 m.

In the following years Makusha played very few competitions in the United States. He also works as a coach at Drake University in Des Moines .

Top performances

  • 100 meters: 9.89 s (+1.3 m / s), June 10, 2011 in Des Moines ( Zimbabwean record )
    • 60 meters (hall): 6.60 s, February 27, 2009 in Blacksburg ( Zimbabwean record )
  • 200 meters: 21.57 s on July 4, 2006 in Windhoek
  • Long jump: 8.40 m (0.0 m / s), June 9, 2011 in Des Moines ( Zimbabwean record )
    • Long jump (hall): 8.21 m, February 27, 2009 in Blacksburg ( Zimbabwean record )

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Sports-Reference.com: Athletics at the 2008 Beijing Summer Games: Men's Long Jump (English)
  2. ESPN : Ngonidzashe Makusha wins long jump (English), April 8, 2011
  3. AllAfrica.com: Makusha Keeps Shining in US (English), 24 April 2011
  4. Leichtathletik.de: German victories at US student championships , June 11, 2011
  5. IAAF: With 100m / Long Jump double win, Makusha joins legendary company - NCAA championships ( Memento from June 14, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) (English), June 11, 2011